Office of Field Experiences & Internship

GLOSSARY

ADEPT – ADEPT is the South Carolina system for Assisting, Developing, and
Evaluating Professional Teaching.

Assessment – the gathering of information or data related to performance in order to make evaluative decisions.

Candidate – university education major/student who is admitted to the Professional Program in Teacher Education

Conceptual Framework – set of beliefs that establish the shared vision for the college’s efforts in preparing educators to work effectively with PK-12 schools.  The Conceptual Framework provides direction for programs, courses, teaching, candidate performance expectations, scholarship, service, and accountability.  The SCOE Conceptual Framework is based upon the concept of the Reflective Practitioner.  The college has identified a set of knowledge, skills, and dispositions that a candidate must master in order to obtain a degree.  

Cooperating Teacher – public school teacher who accepts responsibility for mentoring college students.

Dispositions – candidate’s personal habits, attitudes, and behaviors that communicate the values, commitments, and professional ethics that influence behaviors toward students, families, colleagues, and communities and affect student learning, motivation, and development  (See a specific list of SCOE Dispositions in Section I of this Guidebook)

Diversity – differences among groups of people and individuals based on ethnicity, race, socioeconomic status, gender, exceptionalities, language, religion, and geographical area.

Diversity Field Experience Worksheet/LiveText Launch – required form for all field experiences.

Evaluation – making decisions based upon assessment final judgments or rankings/ ratings of performance.

Field Experience – A variety of early and on-going field-based opportunities in which candidates may observe, assist, tutor, instruct, and/or conduct research in actual teaching and learning settings. 

Field Placement – For most SCOE field experiences the setting will be in the public schools of Horry and Georgetown counties. 

Formative Conference – a meeting and sharing of information at the midpoint of the field experience/internship as to the current performance of the intern on assigned Performance Dimensions and Dispositions.

Formative Assessment – data, information, and performance indicators at the midpoint of the field experience /internship as a result of no less than four formal observations.

Improvement Plan – a plan developed to address specific weaknesses in the delivery of instruction or classroom management techniques of a candidate.  The plan may also address professional behaviors that are insufficient in the candidate.

Internship – the capstone clinical practice-teaching experience in which a candidate will spend a minimum of 60 days and assume full time teaching responsibilities for a majority of that time.

LiveText –is a complete web-based development, management, and assessment solution specifically designed for colleges and universities.  Field experiences utilize many aspects of LiveText.  Candidates are expected to be proficient in the use of this tool.

NCATE – National Council for Accreditation of Teacher Education.

Observation – viewing of candidate teaching in a field-based setting or in a simulated teaching situation.

Observation form – used for formal observations of the candidate in teaching situations.  Observations forms are completed during weekly, formative, and summative conferences and evaluations.  These forms are used in the evaluation process and become a part of the candidate’s portfolio.

Portfolio – the compiled collection of artifacts that demonstrate a candidate’s mastery of the required Performance Dimensions and Dispositions expected of beginning teachers.  The SCOE uses an electronic format for the portfolio.

Rubric – An assessment and evaluation tool that defines expectations and communicates to students the expectations for various levels of performance.

School Partners – those schools where our teacher education candidates participate in field experiences.

SCOE – Spadoni College of Education

SPA – Specialized Professional Association

Student(s) – PK-12 public school students

Summative Conference – A meeting and sharing of information at the culmination of the field experience/internship in which final evaluative feedback and judgments related to the candidate’s performance are reviewed.

Summative Evaluation – data, information, and performance ratings at/near the end of the field experience/internship as a result of no fewer than six formal observations.

Teacher Work Sample – exhibits of teaching performance that provides direct evidence of a candidate’s ability to design and implement standards-based instruction, assess student learning and reflect on the teaching and learning process.  Teacher Work Samples are one source of evidence along with classroom observations and other measures to assess performance relative to national and state teaching standards.

TWS – See Teacher Work Sample.

University Supervisor – the full-time or adjunct program faculty assigned to supervise candidates during the senior level field experience and internship.